Scientific Literacy Under the Microscope: A Whole School Approach to Science Teaching and Learning

Cover......Page 1
Professional Learning\r11......Page 3
Scientific Literacy Under the Microscope......Page 4
ISBN: 9789460915277 (hardback)......Page 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8
SECTION 1: PREPARING FOR SCIENTIFIC LITERACY......Page 10
PART 1: THE NEED FOR SCIENTIFIC LITERACY......Page 12
The Rise of Scientific Literacy: The Search for Something Different......Page 13
CEOM Vision for Science Learning......Page 16
Science for All......Page 18
Focusing on School Factors in Professional Learning......Page 19
Taking a Different System Approach......Page 20
Indirect Scaling......Page 22
REFERENCES......Page 23
OLGC IS A LEARNING COMMUNITY......Page 26
SCIENCE: SO WHAT?......Page 27
RETHINKING SCIENCE AT OUR SCHOOL......Page 28
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?......Page 29
CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR CHANGE......Page 30
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: WHERE ARE WE NOW?......Page 31
REFERENCES......Page 32
3. LEARNING FROM TEACHER THINKING: An Insight into the Pedagogical Complexities of Scientific Literacy\r......Page 34
VALUING TEACHERS’ PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE......Page 35
BUILDING TEACHER CONFIDENCE......Page 36
THE ACT OF LISTENING TO NOTICE......Page 37
AN EMERGING FRAMEWORK FOR LEARNING: THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT UNIT PLANNING......Page 38
EMERGING NEW IDEAS......Page 39
MAINTAINING TEACHER OWNERSHIP......Page 41
SHARED UNDERSTANDINGS: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND PEDAGOGY......Page 42
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?......Page 43
REFERENCES......Page 44
SECTION 2: TEACHING FOR SCIENTIFIC LITERACY......Page 46
TO LEARN......Page 48
MY ROLE IN THIS PROJECT......Page 49
A LEAD LEARNER VERSUS A LEADER......Page 50
LEADERSHIP: FREEDOM OR CONTROL?......Page 51
MY LEADING AND MY LEARNING IN THIS PROJECT......Page 52
THE PLANNING SESSIONS = THE FORUM FOR LEARNING......Page 53
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS......Page 54
NOTES......Page 55
SEEING THINGS DIFFERENTLY......Page 56
SPREADING THE WORD......Page 57
GOING FURTHER......Page 58
THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT EXPERTS......Page 59
THE WOW FACTOR......Page 60
CHANGE ALL AROUND US......Page 61
TIME TO PLAN AND REFLECT......Page 62
CHANGE BEGINS WITH PLANNING......Page 63
LOOKING BACK......Page 64
MORE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS......Page 65
REFERENCES......Page 66
ACTION THAT MATTERS: FACING THE QUESTIONS......Page 68
The Teacher – A Different Role......Page 70
THE STUDENTS: RESPONSIBLE, ACTIVE LEARNERS......Page 71
Connecting Learning......Page 72
INSIGHTS......Page 73
REFERENCES......Page 74
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY IN MY CLASSROOM LOOKS LIKE......Page 76
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY IN MY CLASSROOM FEELS LIKE......Page 78
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY IN MY CLASSROOM SOUNDS LIKE......Page 79
KEY ELEMENTS OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY THAT CONTRIBUTES TO BEST TEACHING PRACTICE......Page 81
THE ‘BIG IDEAS’ THAT SHAPE MY TEACHING FOR SCIENTIFIC LITERACY......Page 82
LAYER 1: DEVELOPING AN INQUIRING MIND......Page 84
LAYER 5: LOOKING FOR SCIENCE......Page 85
LAYER 6: GOOD LEARNING, GOOD SCIENCE......Page 86
LAYER 7: CONSTRUCTING A BETTER SEQUENCE OF LEARNING......Page 87
SUMMARY......Page 88
REFERENCE......Page 89
AN OLD FASHIONED VIEW OF SCIENCE TEACHING......Page 90
A NEW APPROACH TO UNIT TOPICS......Page 91
ACTION THAT MATTERS......Page 92
A TEAM OF CHAMPIONS OR A CHAMPION TEAM?......Page 93
STUDENT DIRECTED LEARNING – PERSONALISING THE INQUIRY......Page 95
OPENING THE LEARNING TO PARENTS......Page 98
INNOVATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY OF PERSONAL LEARNING......Page 99
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EXPLICIT......Page 100
UPON REFLECTION......Page 101
10. BUSTING THE MYTHS ABOUT SCIENCE TEACHING......Page 102
TESTING THE WATERS......Page 103
STARTING TO SEE THE RESULTS......Page 104
OBSERVING THE JOURNEY......Page 106
REFERENCES......Page 108
WHAT IS SCIENTIFIC LITERACY?......Page 110
DEVELOPING SPEAKING & LISTENING SKILLS......Page 111
THE CONFIDENCE TO HAVE A GO......Page 112
THINKING SCIENTIFICALLY......Page 114
MAKING EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS AND DEVELOPING A STYLE OF THINKING......Page 115
DEVELOPING AND CAPTURING CHANGES IN LEARNING BEHAVIOURS......Page 116
CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE......Page 117
REFERENCES......Page 118
SECTION 3: REVIEWING SCIENTIFIC LITERACY......Page 120
MY BACKGROUND......Page 122
The Job Interview......Page 123
What did Scientific Literacy Look Like for Me?......Page 124
Where to Next?......Page 125
REFLECTION......Page 126
REFERENCES......Page 127
5 YEARS AGO .........Page 128
MAYBE 4 YEARS AGO .........Page 129
OVER THE FOLLOWING YEARS.........Page 130
SO WHAT DOES MY TEACHING OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY WITHIN A MULTI DOMAIN, INQUIRY APPROACH LOOK LIKE?......Page 131
Term 2 Rich Concept: Environmental Sustainability......Page 132
Evolving Learning through Sharing Teaching and a Team Environment......Page 134
A FINAL WORD ABOUT UN-BOXING......Page 135
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS......Page 136
Teaching Science through the Lens of Scientific Literacy......Page 138
BUILDING ON STUDENTS’ IDEAS......Page 141
SCIENTIFIC LITERACY MATTERS FOR TEACHERS’ THINKING......Page 143
REFERENCES......Page 145
15. RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGE OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY: A Whole School Approach to Scientific Literacy\r......Page 148
THE SCIENTIFIC LITERACY DEBATE......Page 149
A CHANGING VIEW OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY......Page 150
Changing the teaching script......Page 152
A different role......Page 153
CONCLUSION......Page 155
REFERENCES......Page 156
INDEX......Page 158